Another of the seemingly innumerable FitzParick Traveltalks, a Technicolor series that MGM distributed for a couple of decades. In an era when a trip to the local movie theater was all that most moviegoers could afford, these afforded some interesting shots of exotic locales. Indeed, the Technicolor photography, here by future Oscar winner Winton Hoch, is quite lovely. However I should note that Mr. FitzPatrick-- who, besides producing and narrating this series, also ran a travel agency for those who could afford to travel -- rendering these, in effect, low-key infomercials -- speaks in what I can only describe as an emphatic drone, as if every word is of great, although equal importance.
These series are of most interest when they show buildings or ways of life that have vanished. Do they still use dog-drawn milk-carts in Quebec?
These series are of most interest when they show buildings or ways of life that have vanished. Do they still use dog-drawn milk-carts in Quebec?
